The man who heals what doctors can't:
Gabor Mate.
This famous physician & psychotherapist says the root cause of Cancer, Addiction, and Depression is suppressed emotions.
Here are 5 ways they secretly control your life - and how to break free: 🧵
Gabor Mate.
This famous physician & psychotherapist says the root cause of Cancer, Addiction, and Depression is suppressed emotions.
Here are 5 ways they secretly control your life - and how to break free: 🧵
1. The roots of most chronic illnesses are psychological and emotional.
70% of the adult population in the US is on medication.
Why are we doing so poorly despite the wealth and science?
Because the medicine separates the mind from the body.
70% of the adult population in the US is on medication.
Why are we doing so poorly despite the wealth and science?
Because the medicine separates the mind from the body.
Modern medicine is flawed according to Gabor Maté.
It focuses on symptoms, not root causes.
In treating mental health, it prescribes pills to balance brain chemicals.
But ignores the emotions behind these struggles.
Here's where it gets profound:
It focuses on symptoms, not root causes.
In treating mental health, it prescribes pills to balance brain chemicals.
But ignores the emotions behind these struggles.
Here's where it gets profound:
2. Trauma starts in the womb
A stressed mother affects the physiology and brain development of the fetus.
The impacts of that stress can be seen decades later
by how they respond to stress as adults.
From the very beginning, trauma shapes who we become.
A stressed mother affects the physiology and brain development of the fetus.
The impacts of that stress can be seen decades later
by how they respond to stress as adults.
From the very beginning, trauma shapes who we become.
In the Western world, most pregnant women work well into late pregnancy.
If the mother experiences stress and anxiety, these emotions can imprint on the baby.
Its future mental and emotional health is shaped before it even entered the world.
The implications are staggering...
If the mother experiences stress and anxiety, these emotions can imprint on the baby.
Its future mental and emotional health is shaped before it even entered the world.
The implications are staggering...
3. Addiction isn’t the problem, it’s the solution.
Gabor Maté explains:
Addiction is a coping mechanism for unhealed emotional trauma.
We turn to substances or behaviors to soothe wounds.
Does that change your perspective on self-compassion?
Gabor Maté explains:
Addiction is a coping mechanism for unhealed emotional trauma.
We turn to substances or behaviors to soothe wounds.
Does that change your perspective on self-compassion?
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that 70% of individuals in drug treatment programs report having experienced trauma.
The study stresses that trauma leads people to use substances to cope with emotional pain and distress.
The study stresses that trauma leads people to use substances to cope with emotional pain and distress.
To heal addiction, you need to stop asking “Why the addiction?”
and instead ask “Why the pain?”
Until you address the underlying emotions, you’ll continue your addictive behaviors.
Here is the surprising part:
and instead ask “Why the pain?”
Until you address the underlying emotions, you’ll continue your addictive behaviors.
Here is the surprising part:
4. Emotional suppression leads to depression
The root cause of depression isn’t low serotonin, it's suppressed emotions.
When you bury your pain, sadness, or anger, it doesn’t disappear.
It lives in your body, silently shaping your thoughts.
The root cause of depression isn’t low serotonin, it's suppressed emotions.
When you bury your pain, sadness, or anger, it doesn’t disappear.
It lives in your body, silently shaping your thoughts.
A 2003 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that individuals who suppress their emotions are at a higher risk (30% or more) for developing depressive symptoms compared to those who express their feelings openly.
This emotional repression is what leads to feelings of hopelessness, emptiness, and depression.
Healing means allowing yourself to feel the emotions you’ve been avoiding.
Maté teaches that recovery requires reconnecting with your emotions and feeling them without judgment.
Healing means allowing yourself to feel the emotions you’ve been avoiding.
Maté teaches that recovery requires reconnecting with your emotions and feeling them without judgment.
5. People-pleasing hides deeper pain.
It might seem harmless, but Maté says it’s often a sign of emotional wounds from childhood.
Those raised in emotionally unstable environments learn to prioritize others’ needs before their own as a survival tactic.
It might seem harmless, but Maté says it’s often a sign of emotional wounds from childhood.
Those raised in emotionally unstable environments learn to prioritize others’ needs before their own as a survival tactic.
But this leads to losing touch with your own needs.
At its core, people-pleasing comes from suppressing emotions to avoid rejection as a child.
So, how to break free?
At its core, people-pleasing comes from suppressing emotions to avoid rejection as a child.
So, how to break free?
Healing involves:
• learning to identify your own needs
• setting healthy boundaries
• reclaiming your sense of self
Above all, suppressed emotions need to be processed.
That requires reconnecting with your body and emotions.
This is where therapeutic methods come in.
• learning to identify your own needs
• setting healthy boundaries
• reclaiming your sense of self
Above all, suppressed emotions need to be processed.
That requires reconnecting with your body and emotions.
This is where therapeutic methods come in.
Gabor Maté recommends several powerful healing methods:
• Internal Family Systems
• Somatic Experiencing
• EMDR
• Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
• Compassionate Inquiry
These methods help process suppressed emotions, allowing you to finally heal.
• Internal Family Systems
• Somatic Experiencing
• EMDR
• Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
• Compassionate Inquiry
These methods help process suppressed emotions, allowing you to finally heal.
Fortunately, there are numerous other powerful methods
Healing is more available than ever before.
And the first step to healing is free - reconnecting with your body and sensations.
Healing is more available than ever before.
And the first step to healing is free - reconnecting with your body and sensations.
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Suppressed emotions silently sabotage your success too.
They manifest as self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or procrastination.
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They manifest as self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or procrastination.
During my 15-year-long journey of healing and overcoming my limiting beliefs, I learned several methods.
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